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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
World
Aiza Moraña

Trump's Unfulfilled Promises Grow, From Discounted IVF Drugs to the DOGE Dividend Cheque That Never Came

As US President Donald Trump demands oil giants return profits, a mounting pattern of unfulfilled financial promises leaves American voters waiting for delayed agricultural relief and phantom dividend cheques (Credit: Real Donald Trump Instagram account)

US President Donald Trump has called on oil and gas giants to hand back what he described as surplus profits to motorists as crude prices climb during the Iran war, urging companies to cut pump prices despite announcing no formal enforcement plan.

Targeting Chevron and Exxon Mobil directly, the president demanded they lower retail prices, even as the White House declined to outline how the administration would compel firms to comply.

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